Building Bold Communities Through Events, Strategy, and Story

We’re a small but mighty agency helping events, festivals, and ecosystem builders grow with intention. Our work blends strategy, community insight, digital transformation, and good old-fashioned on-the-ground hustle.

Our clients are cultural leaders, nonprofit organizations, regional accelerators, and innovation hubs: anyone working to build something that reflects their community’s identity. We believe the best events are more than a moment, they’re infrastructure. They leave people changed. And they deserve strategies that respect their complexity.

We specialize in event marketing, community strategy, audience development, and experiential design. We’re not just consultants. We’ve been in the field, behind the scenes, and on stage. We understand what it takes to make events work from vision to execution, and we help build systems that last.

What We Believe

  • Every event is a reflection of its community, and it should feel that way.

  • Authenticity is non-negotiable. We show up as ourselves and create space for others to do the same.

  • You don’t need a bigger budget; you need a better strategy.

  • Belonging is built.

  • Bold ideas are worth pursuing.

  • We work in small cities and large regions, with underdog energy and national-level outcomes.

Meet our Founder:
S. David Ramirez

S. David Ramirez, CFEE is an award-winning strategist, speaker, and technologist from San Antonio.

David has delivered more than 200 main stage presentations and breakout sessions at events including Adweek Social Media Week North America, America’s SBDC National Conference, and Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress. Regional presentations include packed rooms at DigiMarCon Los Angeles, Internet Summit Raleigh, and Digital Summit Dallas.

In 2025, he developed and taught the inaugural AI curriculum for the IFEA/NRPA National Event Management School, where he also teaches digital marketing. He contributes regularly to the Texas Event Management Institute and the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute for Economic Development.

He is a columnist for ie Magazine: The Business of International Events, where he writes about technology and trends shaping the future of events and tourism.

David serves on the board of the IFEA Foundation. Capacity building is one of his passions. He leads special projects designed to accelerate innovation in the events and tourism industry, including launching the inaugural Student Careers Summit in Pittsburgh and the Lubbock Event Success Lab Acccelerator.

A Certified Festival and Event Executive (CFEE) with a degree in Multidisciplinary Communications from the University of Texas at El Paso, David is currently pursuing his MBA at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.

His current work centers on what he calls “Event DNA”, the idea that events are embedded in our human code, essential to how communities grow, sustain culture, and find meaning.

Mostly, he’s a nerd. Talk to him about anime, craft beer, and science fiction.